Order Lagomorpha Author Robert S. Hoffmann text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 807 827 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353088 1-56098-217-9 7353088 Lepus yarkandensis Günther, 1875 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16:229 . TYPE LOCALITY: "neighbourhood of Yarkand" [ 15 mi E, Xinjiang , China ] . DISTRIBUTION: Steppes of Tarim Basin, S Xinjiang ( China ), around edge of Takla Makan desert. STATUS: Presently secure ( Flux and Angermann, 1990 ). SYNONYMS: Monotypic. COMMENTS: Placed in subgenus Tarimolagus by Gureev (1964:147) ; but see Xu (1986) . Reviewed by Angermann (1967) and Gao (1983) .